/* * Encog(tm) Core v2.5 - Java Version * http://www.heatonresearch.com/encog/ * http://code.google.com/p/encog-java/ * Copyright 2008-2010 Heaton Research, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * * For more information on Heaton Research copyrights, licenses * and trademarks visit: * http://www.heatonresearch.com/copyright */ package org.encog.engine.util; /** * Calculate the error of a neural network. Encog currently supports three error * calculation modes. See ErrorCalculationMode for more info. */ public class ErrorCalculation { /** * The current error calculation mode. */ private static ErrorCalculationMode mode = ErrorCalculationMode.MSE; /** * get the error calculation mode, this is static and therefore global to * all Enocg training. If a particular training method only supports a * particular error calculation method, it may override this value. It will * not change the value set here, rather the training will occur with its * preferred training method. Currently the only training method that does * this is Levenberg Marquardt (LMA). * * The default error mode for Encog is RMS. * * @return The current mode. */ public static ErrorCalculationMode getMode() { return ErrorCalculation.mode; } /** * Set the error calculation mode, this is static and therefore global to * all Enocg training. If a particular training method only supports a * particular error calculation method, it may override this value. It will * not change the value set here, rather the training will occur with its * preferred training method. Currently the only training method that does * this is Levenberg Marquardt (LMA). * * @param mode * The new mode. */ public static void setMode(final ErrorCalculationMode mode) { ErrorCalculation.mode = mode; } /** * The overall error. */ private double globalError; /** * The size of a set. */ private int setSize; /** * Returns the root mean square error for a complete training set. * * @return The current error for the neural network. */ public double calculate() { if (this.setSize == 0) { return 0; } switch (ErrorCalculation.getMode()) { case RMS: return calculateRMS(); case MSE: return calculateMSE(); case ARCTAN: return calculateARCTAN(); default: return calculateMSE(); } } /** * Calculate the error with ARCTAN. * * @return The current error for the neural network. */ public double calculateARCTAN() { return calculateMSE(); } /** * Calculate the error with MSE. * * @return The current error for the neural network. */ public double calculateMSE() { if (this.setSize == 0) { return 0; } final double err = this.globalError / this.setSize; return err; } /** * Calculate the error with RMS. * * @return The current error for the neural network. */ public double calculateRMS() { if (this.setSize == 0) { return 0; } final double err = Math.sqrt(this.globalError / this.setSize); return err; } /** * Reset the error accumulation to zero. */ public void reset() { this.globalError = 0; this.setSize = 0; } /** * Update the error with single values. * * @param actual * The actual value. * @param ideal * The ideal value. */ public void updateError(final double actual, final double ideal) { double delta = ideal - actual; if (ErrorCalculation.mode == ErrorCalculationMode.ARCTAN) { delta = Math.atan(delta); } this.globalError += delta * delta; this.setSize++; } /** * Called to update for each number that should be checked. * * @param actual * The actual number. * @param ideal * The ideal number. */ public void updateError(final double[] actual, final double[] ideal) { for (int i = 0; i < actual.length; i++) { double delta = ideal[i] - actual[i]; if (ErrorCalculation.mode == ErrorCalculationMode.ARCTAN) { delta = Math.atan(delta); } this.globalError += delta * delta; } this.setSize += ideal.length; } }